However, it was not until after World War I that Dispensationalism swept churches and Bible schools in America. From there it came to dominate world missions. Why that happened, including the keys in the psychology and social psychology of the time is an amazing story for another time. Dallas Theological Seminary was established as its theological center( 1924). American Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism became mostly Dispensational. The Pentecostal denominations mostly embraced it. The older view largely died out with some exceptions.
Yet, in my view, the older view was true. The points where the new Dispensationalism replaced it, it was largely in error and was even a deception. We were very close to great breakthroughs in 1842, but the classical Restoration view was derailed. Then in the mid-20th century, the older view was believed again in growing numbers.
This return to the older view has grown and grown until now as it now vies with Dispensationalism for attention and prominence. I, for one, am committed fully to this endeavor, in this battle and hope we win this battle, and yes, I believe we are winning! This derailment was a ploy of Satan to divert the Church from its destiny. Sadly, the wrong view is very rooted in Israel today but not in most of the Messianic Jewish world outside of the State of Israel.
In summary, classical Jewish missions envisioned seeing more and more Jewish people saved leading to Israel’ s confession of Yeshua, thus leading to the second coming. Dispensational Jewish missions however sought to see individual Jews saved, so they could leave Jewish expression and practice and be part of the church, go to heaven if they died, or be raptured out before the time of the tribulation. Jewish missions were disconnected from corporate Israel turning to Yeshua and his Second Coming. This was a huge change, and in fact, a sad derailment.
This is the first chapter from Dr. Daniel C. Juster’ s new book,“ Beyond Fundamental Dispensationalism: Understanding the Challenges of a Dominant, but Wrong 20th-Century Theology.” This book can be obtained at tikkunamerica. org or at amazon. com.
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